He had one of the rarest qualities in all literature, and it's a great shame that the word for it has been thoroughly debased by the cosmetic racketeers, so that one is almost ashamed to use it to describe a real distinction. Nevertheless, the word is charm - charm as Keats would have used it. Who has it today? It's not a matter of pretty writing or clear style. It's a kind of subdued magic, controlled and exquisite, the sort of thing you get from good string quartettes.
Raymond Chandler on F. Scott Fitzgerald

Interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Assange, who released the video of a U.S. helicopter attack in Baghdad that left two journalists dead, speaks about the work of his organization and its continuing efforts to expose the secrets of the world’s most powerful governments and institutions: